Trying to locate Master Club NBWs

[mabloodhound]

I saw the comments in the Fordson thread about NBW castings from Master Club.   I tried searching the Hobbyeasy website (Hong Kong) with no luck.   It is a very slow website to search and they don't have any Master Club NBW items listed.

I did find a UK e-bay website that had the name master Club http://stores.ebay.com/Masterclub-UK/_i.html?_nkw=nut&submit=Search&_sid=521633887 with the items made in Russia.   Is this the same company?

A second question on sizes.   Being in the US, I don't work a lot with metric numbers, but they list the NBW sizes in mm and they offer sizes such as 0.5mm; 0.6mm; 0.8mm; 1.2mm; etc.   Now, in my understanding of decimal points, these sizes are extremely small, and almost identical to each other visually.   When you get down to 1 (one) millimeter and less, visual difference to me is almost imperceptible.   Am I reading this wrong?   Do they mean 0.5cm and so on?

I work in 1:48 scale and can do the conversions OK, or so I thought.   But those multiple sizes less than 1mm seem useless to me.

[Arno Boudoiron]

To me for a 1/48 scale model, between 0.6mm and 1.2mm there's a big visually difference. You should buy a metric ruler at Staple to see the difference

0.5cm = 5mm

Cheers

[Bexley]

Or, the difference between .6mm and 1.2mm is the difference between .023" and .046".

[Arno Boudoiron]

.023" and .046".

Even after 5 years in the USA I have still no idea what those numbers mean 

[chester]

What those numbers mean here in the U.S. is that they are very small.

[eTraxx]

minimum detail to print in FUD at Shapeways is .1mm/.0039" .. which makes me wonder .. in an Alternate Shapeways Universe (ASW) .. is anything smaller then that theoretical? 

[billmart]

Try this link for Hobby Easy.

http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/category/AFV/20/1/maker/MCB.html%22

Yes, the British ebay seller is selling the same items, but at a higher cost.

Bill Martinsen

[Ray Dunakin]

Thanks for the link, I was having trouble finding them too.

[Bexley]

Even after 5 years in the USA I have still no idea what those numbers mean  

Then move back to East Commiestan, pinko. 

[mabloodhound]

Bill, thanks for the link.   I had spent 20 minutes on their website and couldn't find those.

I do have metric rules and verniers and yes, the difference between .6mm and 1.2mm IS noticeable but, .6/.7/.8mm not so much.

[Arno Boudoiron]

Thanks for the link Bill, I already ordered a few things!

.6/.7/.8mm not so much.

I totally agree, a difference of .1mm is almost nothing 

@Bexley:   

[Tom Neeson]

I've never ordered from them, but I hear this is a good source:

http://models-hobby.com/index.php?cat=2&filter_id=4&page=3

Tom

[billmart]

I recently tried to order some MasterClub parts from Models-Hobby (in Russia) and got the following email back from them.



Hello William!
I dont support masterclub anymore, sorry
Best regards,
Yaroslav

Too bad because they had really good prices on their website.

Bill Martinsen

[mabloodhound]

Tom, looks like that is the direct link to a Russian seller.   Not sure what the prices are in (US Dollars?) and if they're not handling MC than it doesn't matter.
I ordered a bunch from Hobbyeasy in HK,   I was a little uneasy giving a CC number to them and would have preferred PayPal.   I'm keeping a close eye on my CC account.

[5thwheel]

Tom, looks like that is the direct link to a Russian seller.   Not sure what the prices are in (US Dollars?) and if they're not handling MC than it doesn't matter.
I ordered a bunch from Hobbyeasy in HK,   I was a little uneasy giving a CC number to them and would have preferred PayPal.   I'm keeping a close eye on my CC account.

I have set up a special CC for ordering online or over the phone.  It has a set limit.

Bill